By Marcello Iaia

WESTERLO — About 20 community members attended the Jan. 3 re-organizational meeting for the town. In the board’s regular meeting that followed, a 2-to-1 vote failed to fill the two vacancies left at the end of 2012. (See related story)

The three-member board voted unanimously during the re-organizational meeting to:

— Establish the National Bank of Coxsackie as the depository of all town funds, and the maximum amount is not to exceed $250,000 per account;

— Pledge, in association with M&T Investment Group, all securities in excess of $100,000;

— Authorize the superintendent of highways to purchase equipment, materials, and tools for the highway department, with no more than $10,000, to purchase bituminous road oils at state contract price and to purchase shale when needed at no more than $6.75 per yard, with no more than $20,000, without prior approval of the board;

— Authorize the superintendent of highways to enter into contracts for public works related to the highway department, for no more than $20,000, without prior approval of the board;

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Anthony Sherman, the youngest of the three Westerlo Town Board members, is quiet during the town re-organizational meeting on Jan. 3. He previously served on the planning board and has just completed his first year as a council member.— Reimburse elected or appointed town officials a per-mile amount at the rate approved by the Internal Revenue Service when using their own vehicles for town business;

— Establish regular board meetings to be held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Westerlo Town Hall, and the November meeting to be held on the Wednesday following the general election; establish meetings of the town planning board to be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and the meetings of the zoning board of appeals on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.;

— Establish that within 60 days of the close of the previous fiscal year the supervisor will submit a copy of the report to the state comptroller, of which the town clerk will publish a summary within 10 days;

— Adopt its investment policy and procurement policies and procedures;

— Continue to temporarily retain Robert E. Fisher as a financial consultant through March 1, 2013, at $65 per hour, or $300 per day, whichever is less;

— Authorize the supervisor to pay bills without approval of the board; and

— Have a certified public accountant or auditing firm perform an annual audit of all town departments;

— Supervisor Richard Rapp explained that financial consultant Robert Fisher had reviewed the town’s financial records, and moved to accept his report. The motion was not seconded and was not voted on. “Not until I see his report,” said Sherman when asked for a second.

Appointments

The board made the following appointments:

— Kathleen J. Spinnato as registrar of vital statistics;

— Gertrude A. Smith as deputy registrar and deputy town clerk/tax collector;

— Bruce F. Bunzey as deputy code-enforcement officer;

— Edwin H. Lawson as zoning administrator and deputy supervisor;

— Jessica Tronco as clerk to the justices;

— Aline D. Galgay as town attorney;

— Dennis Fancher as town historian;

— Jody Ostrander as dog warden and deputy highway superintendent;

— William Scott II as deputy dog warden;

— Rita Perciballi as zoning and planning boards clerk;

— Claire Marshall as clerk to the assessor;

The following members to the board of assessment review with terms ending on Sept. 30 of the following years — Eugene Coogan (2014), Dawn Belarge (2015), and Tracey Lawson (2016);

The following members to the zoning board of appeals, with terms to expire on Dec. 31 of the following years — Robert Beck (2013), Gerald Woodruff (2015), Wilfred VanIderstine (2016), Virginia Mangold (2017), and Gail Snyder (2017); and

The following members to the planning board, with terms to expire on Dec. 31 of the following years

—Dorothy Verch, Chair (2013), Gerard Boone (2014), Doyle Shaver (2015), Richard Kurylo (2016), and Edwin C. Stevens (2017).

The position of youth council coordinator was vacant.

Salaries

The board also voted unanimously to establish salaries and wages for:

— Supervisor at $15,000;

Superintendent of highways at $54,060;

— Town justices at $10,000 each;

— Council members at $3,625 each;

— Town clerk and tax collector at $31,400;

— Town attorney at $20,000

— Assessor at $22,000;

— Clerk to the assessor at $16.58 per hour;

— Code enforcement officer at $13,500;

— Deputy code enforcement officer at $8,500;

— Zoning administrator at $6,000;

— Deputy town clerk at $16.58 per hour;

— Court clerk at $16.58 per hour;

— Dog warden at $4,200

— Deputy dog warden at $3,000;

Planning and zoning board clerk at $16.58 per hour;

— Town historian at $1,500;

Youth council coordinator at $2,000;

— Deputy highway superintendent at $20.30 per hour;

The following positions at $19.28 per hour — transfer station operator, recreation maintenance person, utility laborer, and sub-foreman;

— Laborer C at $17.60 per hour;

— Laborer B at 19.23 per hour;

— Laborer A at $18.74 per hour;

— Administrative aide at $21.52 per hour;

— Board of assessment review members at $200 each;

— Zoning board of appeals members at $1,875 each; and

— Planning board chairperson at $3,375 and other members at $1,875 each.